I pre-dated the trend for large watches by about a decade

My job as a designer is to look into the future. Not to use any frame of reference that exists

If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection.

You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different things.

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

One of the great things about design is that it's truly international. No one in the design industry would say, "This country is mine," or "I will make it look this way because it's for an American market and that way for a Chinese market." If you look at all of the Apple products, they are the same everywhere . . . I mean, I can't deny that I love traveling. It's a very healthy thing to be able to appreciate other cultures - or at least witness them firsthand. And all of that goes into helping someone be a good designer, because it's an international business.